Private alpha of Vengeance expansion has started

[Aklyon]

Hunter plot will also gladly fly through a neutral planet to get to a ARS or other SF alert, and kill anything you had setup in there in the meantime.

[LordSloth]

http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=11713

So St Albans is in the top left.

I'm used to ignoring AI Special Forces Rally Guardians, but could they possibly be a factor? I didn't see them in this assault, but I wasn't looking, and lacked scout intel after my command and miniforts went down. I currently can find two known mk3s rather far out, and five mark fives in those core worlds I ticked off.

[keith.lamothe]

I'm used to ignoring AI Special Forces Rally Guardians, but could they possibly be a factor?

Definitely.  Any system with one of those is considered fair game as an SF destination, regardless of who controls it.

[LordSloth]

And regardless of how many hunter/killers are in the patrol. You know, I think something just became scarier than a warp gate guardian spawning in your backyard.